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==Matsushita Electronic -- PD==
==Matsushita Electronic -- PD==
The PD drive is a combinatition of a 640MB MO drive and a CDROM. It may require SyQuest's drivers to eject disks. Its own [http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/h-viewer.php?dir=/pub/os2/system/drivers/storage&file=pd_os2.zip OS/2 drivers] will also be needed. The the note about [[HPFSRen - Notes about SCSI controllers|SCSI controllers]] may also apply to this drive.
The PD drive is a combinatition of a 640MB MO drive and a CDROM. It may require SyQuest's drivers to eject disks. Its own [http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/download/pub/os2/system/drivers/storage/pd_os2.zip OS/2 drivers] will also be needed. The the note about [[HPFSRen - Notes about SCSI controllers|SCSI controllers]] may also apply to this drive.


The drive is manufactured by Matsushita Electronic for the following companies:
The drive is manufactured by Matsushita Electronic for the following companies:
* Panasonic
* Panasonic
* Toray, under the name of "650MB PHASEWRITER DUAL"  
* Toray, under the name of "650MB PHASEWRITER DUAL"
 
Drives not listed here have not been tested with HPFSRem.
Drives not listed here have not been tested with HPFSRem.



Revision as of 06:36, 22 January 2018

Iomega

The instructions included in HPFSRem to use FDISK will not work with Iomega drives. Follow the instructions included with the drive's OS/2 drivers to format the disk with HPFS. If no such instructions exist, see the Preparing HPFS disks without FDISK page. Also, if you use a SCSI Iomega drive, see the note about SCSI controllers. Certain SCSI controllers (those that require you to use the ADD driver from Iomega) will need a driver to be convinced to format a disk with HPFS.

The drives are:

Zip

Tested and works with OAD drivers. The FLT drivers do not work in all cases. If you need to use the FLT drivers, this will be of interest to you. You may also find the OS/2 drivers from Iomega useful.

Jaz

Still needs to be tested, but uses the same drivers as the Zip, so I suspect it should work about the same. You may find the OS/2 drivers from Iomega useful.

Bernoulli Transportable 150

Currently having trouble formatting disks with HPFS. May be related to device driver problems. Take a look at the notes on SCSI controllers for more information. You may find the OS/2 drivers useful.

SyQuest

Format disks with HPFS using the instructions included with HPFSRem. These drives may have trouble unless SyQuest's drivers are used.

EZ135

Tested. All variants seem to work. Some people have had success without SyQuest's drivers.

EZFlyer and SyJET

Untested. Uses the same drivers as the EZ135, so I suspect they will work.

SQ3270

The drive has been tested on a SCSI controller and works.

Matsushita Electronic -- PD

The PD drive is a combinatition of a 640MB MO drive and a CDROM. It may require SyQuest's drivers to eject disks. Its own OS/2 drivers will also be needed. The the note about SCSI controllers may also apply to this drive.

The drive is manufactured by Matsushita Electronic for the following companies:

  • Panasonic
  • Toray, under the name of "650MB PHASEWRITER DUAL"

Drives not listed here have not been tested with HPFSRem.

For the greatest compatibility, HPFSRem uses OS/2 API calls to work, so it is not limited to working with the listed drives.

HPFSRem now has support for drives that OS/2 sees as non-removable. This allows drives that connect to IDE and SCSI controllers to be used even if there are no OS/2 drivers for the particular drive. However, the drive must NOT lock disks on its own. Without special drivers, OS/2 software will not be able to lock or unlock a disk. If the drive locks the disk without being told to, you won't be able to remove the disk without a reboot.